<p>Hey does anyone know how you go about raising the dorm bed using the room's existing bed frame? Do you need any special tool to get the bed raised to the highest setting?</p>
<p>I was tempted into ordering d a loft. However it seemed premature when I wasn't sure if she would stay in the room or would like climbing up and down each night and morning. Having a loft gives up the space and function a bed would provide.</p>
<p>Well guess i am anxious about this move in deal.</p>
<p>What do the students do from move-in day until the first day of class. Isn't it like a period of 4-5 days?</p>
<p>takai7,
My daughter lived in Capstone last year and she did rent a loft to raise her bed. But I asked her about people who just used the existing bedframe to raise their bed. She said that a regular hammer or a rubber mallet hammer might be useful to have. The metal side rails slide into "notches" in the wooden headboard and footboard. By sliding the side rails out of these notches, you can raise and lower the height (a picture would be worth a thousand words here). Also, she said if you want more height on the bed, it would be possible to set the head board and foot board on the "bed raisers" like you can buy at Bed-Bath-N-Beyond or Linens-N-Things.</p>
<p>As far as the time between move-in day and first day of class. There will be plenty of social activities. For those who are going to get involved with sororities or fraternities, this is a very busy time. Even for those who are not going Greek (and my daughter did not), there is plenty to do.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how much storage room there is under the Capstone beds, in the highest position with the bed risers also? I was wondering whether one of those plastic 3-drawer units would fit underneath. Or will 2 of the deep Wal-Mart type plastic storage bins stack up? I wanted to try and pack a lot of S's things in the plastic bins that he could then use under the bed, instead of using cardboard boxes.</p>
<p>greenville,
I'm not sure of the height under the raised beds. My daughter used a full height loft. But I recall that my daughter put her 2-drawer unit on the floor of her closet. There was room there for storage tubs or storage drawers.</p>
<p>There is not enough space to stack the larger plastic bins under the bed. There is (just guessing now from memory) between 20-30 inches under the bed at the highest position</p>
<p>My D had several (maybe 4?) of the plastic stackable drawer units under her bed. These were the type that were long and wide and were stacked two high and sat side by side...they came from the Container Store. They ended up not being very filled because of the closets.</p>
<p>The closets in Capstone are huge by comparison to other dorms I have seen. Both my D and her roommate (PAmoms's D) had a LOT of clothes and they were able to get everything plus their suitcases inside the closets. They had smaller suitcases inside larger ones and kept t-shirts, socks, underwear etc in the dresser units but all hanging clothes amazingly fit in the closets. That said, having the multi/stacking hangers for skirts etc came in handy because they took up less closet space and held 5 or 6 items.</p>
<p>I think she ended up with her extra linens and towels in the under bed storage containers and not much else. We kept the boxes for her printer and speakers under there as well so that we would have them to repack them in the spring for storage and she had her large duffel under the bed as well.</p>
<p>I went by Capstone today. They were nice enough to let us look at a corner room. You can raise the bed using the existing bedframe( by lifting up the frame several bedframe notches up ) so you can fit the dresser under the bed. If you buy risers you will have even more height. There will be at least 20-26 inches clearance if you raise the bed and add risers. The closet is approximately 4o" wide and very tall. Inside it is a shelf that has about 20" x 40" of shelf space. The desk was 36" wide and 24" deep. You will have to pay an extra fee for a room phone so it is best just to use your own cellphone. We will move daughter in and see if she has enough room for her fridge, extra chair and bookshelf she wants. Otherwise we will see about buying a loft for her. You never know if they will stay in the room they were assigned to. We are pleased she has a scholarship and it will not hurt so much to get that loft if she wants it.</p>
<p>takai7,
My son is going to be in a corner room in Capstone, but we haven't seen one. Do you happen to remember if the sink is out in the room , or is it in the bathroom? I didn't know if the corner rooms were set up on the same floor plan as the other rooms. You and eadad have been really helpful with the information! We've already got a fridge for my son and his roommate, so it's nice to know he can put the dresser under his bed if he needs to. Sounds like he won't need all those plastic boxes with the roomy closets.</p>
<p>greenville,
My daughter lived in a corner room in Capstone last year. There is a sink in the room. It is not just a sink bowl alone. It sets inside a vanity cabinet (like most home bathroom sink/cabinet layouts). So there is some storage room under the sink, which is nice.</p>
<p>Also, others have raised questions about how to fit everything in the room. My daughter and her roommate stacked their dressers on top of each other in one corner of the room and then put the TV on top of the dressers. Because their beds were lofted, this height for the TV worked just fine. It did free up some more floor space.</p>
<p>greenville,
Here's an update on the corner rooms in Capstone. My daughter tells me that there is one corner room on each floor where only two people use the bathroom (versus 4). In that special room, the sink is in the bathroom. Normally, a student(s) with special health needs might be assigned to that room, however, there are situations where there are no special-needs students on the floor, then a student without health concerns might get that single bathroom. Does that make sense?</p>
<p>greenville
call the housing office. they'll be able to tell you whether the corner your s has is the 2 person in bathroom sink option or the 4 person sink in room plan.just give them the room #. They were able to help S when he had a q about mattress size in Woodrow (turns out 3 bedroom apts have different sized mattress than 2 person apts)</p>
<p>Sounds like there are several floor plans. I'll call housing Monday and see about his particular room. Thanks again! We're going to do some final shopping today since it's tax-free weekend!</p>
<p>my D got to go into her actual corner room in Capstone. Her sink is inside the bathroom. The closets for both students were on one side of the room. The distance between beds is five feet. The distance from the wall with the window to the closets was about 14 feet.
I didn't actually see her room though--I went to the second floor corner room. The dorm is supposed to be closed now but we followed an employee in without knowing it was locked. </p>
<p>After D moves in we will see what more stuff she needs and make trips to the local stores. I want her to figure out what she needs instead of me always telling her what to do. </p>
<p>We got to meet the fellow who is the head resident at Capstone and he lives there with his wife and dog.</p>
<p>Takai7, that really helps give a good idea about the room. I think we might have to see how the space works out, too. It's nice to know that there is a head resident who lives there full time.</p>
<p>I was talking to my D yesterday about her under bed space, closets etc.</p>
<p>She told me that she did NOT keep her luggage in the closet, nor did her roommate. They both utilized space under their raised beds to store the luggage. Both girls had dust ruffles that hid all the stuff under their beds.
Sorry for the confusion, oldtimers disease is creeping in.</p>
<p>Is it advantageous to get a corner room or not? Also being so hot in Columbia , do most still get room carpets? I was reading someone stacked the dressers for space. How does someone reach the top drawer? What is the best advice for a “must have” when moving in? With the cafeteria in the building, is a micro fridge a necessity? Maybe a fridge for drinks but the mocrowave?</p>
<p>room carpet is good to have b/c it will be CLEAN when you first lay it.some of those older floors are disgusting even though they say they have been cleaned.If you order the carpet from the service you will get a flyer ad on soon, they will cut it and deliver it to the room annd it will be waiting for you…we thought that was worth it ( it was bound though needs scissors or something sharp to unbundle)
A room fridge is a nice thing to have,microwave maybe not so necessary. Nobody ever lived in a smaller room than S and his roommate in Maxcy their freshman year. Beds had to be bunked. Dressers were the taller variety so couldnt be stacked, so TV went on top of one, plastic stacking drawer thingie on the other,they were right up next to each other…They did have a microwave, it was on top of the fridge but not a part of it. Make sure to have extension cords (the legal kind) and duct tape and a small 15$ tool kit from Target/WalMart comes in handy to have at move in and to leave there.
There was not a spare inch in that room but it did have excellent closets.</p>
<p>Cathymee, How exactly small was your son’s room? I’ll be in Maxcy and my room is technically 214 sqft, but it’s by the stairs, so the room is in an L shape with the closets being to the side in that L (if that makes any sense), haha, so I’m think that the rectangular part of the room is only about 195 sqft. I’m trying to figure out if we’ll have to bunk or not or if I should loft my bed. The panorama that they show is a really tiny room and I just can’t figure out if that’s about how big my room will be or not. Darn the rooms being so variable!</p>
<p>AUGirl
S had the tiniest room imaginable but it wasnt an L, it was sort of square. It was on the first floor,left at the entrance past the common room, in the hallway there was a step or two his room was on the right side of that corridor. Rooms to the left and right of his were much bigger and some of the rooms all the way down the hall were simply huge. The size differences go back to the age of the building , was built way before standardized dorm layouts! We tried every configuration but bunking was the only viable way to have two beds in there. they had one desk under the window pretty much up against the bathroom door opening and the other desk to the right of the bunks. the fridge and micro were wedged in between one desk and the beds,dressers were side by side on a short wall across from the beds, on the bathroom wall,TV and game consoles on top of the dresser. there was no room for any other piece of furniture not even a chair…some of the other kids had so much space they were bringing in futons! both guys bought those folding canvas chairs and kept them folded up in the closets except when in use! The good news is he loved living in that building (it was the honors college dorm then) its a great size for meeting people not too big or small.five guys he met in there became his best friends (not the original roommate who left after that year)he roomed with three of them all three of the next years…first in Woodward ( I think thats the name, the apts with the outside stairways directly across from Russell House) and two years off campus. He just attended the wedding of his freshman year RA!!</p>
<p>Thanks. I think I know what room you’re talking about. That’s a very good description and if it’s the one I’m thinking, it’s the one they showed us on the tour at Orientation. I thought it was extremely tiny when I saw it. Luckily, mine’s a bit bigger than that one. I’m excited about living in Maxcy. Everyone who I’ve talked to who has lived there has loved it.</p>
<p>The room variation is huge, though. My suitemate’s room is 36 sqft larger than mine.</p>